Atle Staalesen

Oil industry fears new Yamal sinkholes

Seismic censors are being installed near key industrial sits and infrastructure objects.
December 07, 2016

Ildar Dadin is moved from Karelia

Following reports about torture and harassment, the arrested activist is taken out of the Segezha prison colony No 7.
December 07, 2016

Murmansk awaits Rosneft’s investments

It is not clear when the oil company will start construction of its projected new base in Roslyakovo.
December 07, 2016

Lukoil changes Arkhangelsk diamonds for cash

The oil company’s disputed engagement in diamond mining comes to an end.
December 02, 2016

This is what Russia’s new foreign policy strategy says about the Arctic

High focus on the Northern Sea Route, the delineation of the continental shelf and the role of international law.
December 02, 2016

Japanese, French credits for Yamal LNG

Both countries want to raise their stakes in the Russian Arctic gas project.
December 02, 2016

First 3 million tons of oil from Prirazlomnaya

Three years after it started production, Russia’s one and only offshore oil platform in the Arctic reaches 3 million tons limit.
December 01, 2016

Arctic infrastructure is main priority, says Northern Fleet Commander

Vice Admiral Nikolay Yevmenov intends to take use of several new Arctic bases in the course of 2017.
December 01, 2016

Kremlin mulls countermeasures against EU bill on Russian propaganda

«We plan steps and measures», says top press spokesman Dmitry Peskov following the European Parliament’s resolution on anti-EU propaganda
December 01, 2016

Rosneft explores more Arctic waters

The state company in 2016 over-fulfilled its seismic mapping program by 2,5 times.
November 30, 2016

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Atle is journalist and Publisher of the Independent Barents Observer.

In 2002, he founded the Barents Observer. He was editor until 2009 and later worked as journalist and project coordinator for several European cross-border cooperation projects. In late 2015, following a conflict over editorial rights, he re-established the Barents Observer as an independent and non-profit stock company along with the rest of the newspaper crew.  

Atle has a degree in Russian studies from the University of Oslo and studied journalism at the Moscow State University.

atle@thebarentsobserver.com
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